Toilet-paper bracket.



A. J. McKEE.

TOILET PAPER BRACKET.

APPLlCATlON FILED MAY 10. 1915.

1,165,524. Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

AMANDA I. MOKEE, or main, OKLAHOMA.

TOILET-PAPER BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

Application filed May 10, 1915. Serial No. 27,148.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AMANDA J. McKnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Enid, in the county of Garfield and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toilet-Paper Brackets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved bracket for rolls of toilet paper and the like and has for its object the provision of a device of this class which may be easily and inexpensively manufactured and marketed and which, when applied to use, will be eflicient in operation.

With this general object in view, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction and in the unique combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing which constitutes a part of the application and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bracket constructed in accordance with my invention; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof showing a roll of paper thereon in dotted lines.

In describing the invention, I shall refer to this drawing by similar reference characters placed on and indicating the same parts in the two views, the numeral 1 having reference to a sheet metal plate which is bent transversely between its ends to provide an upstanding attaching flange 2, and a horizontally disposed shelf portion 3 projecting from the lower edge of said flange at right angles to the latter. Although the flange 2 may be of any preferred and ornamental design, the shelf 3 is preferably of circular contour, whereby to conform to the shape of a roll of paper R. It will be understood, however, that the design of such shelf might well vary if desired.

Rising from the center of the shelf 3, is an upright resilient standard 4: preferably though not necessarily formed of wire, said standard having at its upper end a forwardly projecting hook 5 normally received by the loop 6 at the front end of a horizontally disposed spring arm 7 which extends forwardly from the flange 2. In operation,

the standard 4 is received within and projects above the usual core of the roll R while the spring arm 7 overlies said roll to prevent removal thereof, the connection between the standard and the arm, however, being readily separable when an old core is to be removed and a new roll applied, during which operation it will be understood that the spring arm 7 is sprung upwardly, while the standard it may yield laterally to facilitate said operation.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the spring arm 7 and its loop 6 are shown as formed on one end of a right angular wire 8 having an upright portion disposed behind and secured to the flange 2, and a horizontal portion located beneath and likewise secured to the shelf 3, the wire in question being secured to the flange 2 and shelf 3 by soldering or the like. If the construction just described be followed, the upright flange 2 is formed with an aperture 7 through which the arm 7 extends, while the shelf 3 is centrally apertured at 4s for the reception of the lower end of the standard It will be understood, however, that the specific construction in question is not absolutely essential although it is highly desirable on account of its extreme simplicity. Furthermore, the arm 7 and the standard a are braced by the portions of the wire 8 secured to the flange and the shelf.

In applying the improved bracket to use, screws or the like (not shown) are passed through the openings 9 of the flange 2 and into an appropriate upright support as will be readily understood without requiring illustration or a more extended explanation.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be evident that the invention is extremely simple and may therefore be easily and cheaply manufactured and marketed, yet that the article will be eflicient and durable in operation.

I claim 1.. A bracket of the class described comprising a horizontal shelf, an upright attaching flange rising from the rear edge thereof, an upright standard rising from substantially the center of the shelf and adapted to be received by the core of a roll of paper, a movable arm projecting forwardly from the attaching flange and adapted to overlie such roll, and coacting fasteners carried on the upper endof the standard and the front end of the arm.

2. A bracket of the class described comand adapted to overlie said roll, a loop on the end of said members, and a hook on the adjacent end of the other member. i

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 15 my hand in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses, V AMANDA J. MoKEE.

Witnesses: 7

J. A. WILLIAMS, ERNEST F. SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

